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re: Best/Worst southern accents you've seen in TV or movies?
Posted on 4/30/24 at 8:55 am to CarpeCyanide
Posted on 4/30/24 at 8:55 am to CarpeCyanide
Hands down, worst Southern accent?
An obscure independent cheapie from 1933, entitled "Her Secret."
This film stars European actress Sari Maritza, who had come over to America and made a film or two for Paramount, which apparently didn't make any kind of splash. So she was then given a job as the star of a little independent production shot in Arizona.
In the films she plays a Georgia girl, who runs a little roadside diner that caters to the nearby college crowd. Her attempt at a Southern drawl is jaw-dropping. She talks slowly and lowly, and comes across as if she's brain-damaged. Ghastly. You can't help but laugh at every line she utters.
An obscure independent cheapie from 1933, entitled "Her Secret."
This film stars European actress Sari Maritza, who had come over to America and made a film or two for Paramount, which apparently didn't make any kind of splash. So she was then given a job as the star of a little independent production shot in Arizona.
In the films she plays a Georgia girl, who runs a little roadside diner that caters to the nearby college crowd. Her attempt at a Southern drawl is jaw-dropping. She talks slowly and lowly, and comes across as if she's brain-damaged. Ghastly. You can't help but laugh at every line she utters.
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Posted on 4/30/24 at 8:56 am to CarpeCyanide
I thought Alec Baldwin in Ghosts of Mississippi was pretty bad but it's been a while since I've seen it. I watched the trailer again and maybe it wasn't that bad. That was such a good movie. James Woods was so good in it.
Agree that James Vanderbeek in Varsity Blues is probably the worst.
"I DON'T WANT YOUR LIFE"
Agree that James Vanderbeek in Varsity Blues is probably the worst.
"I DON'T WANT YOUR LIFE"
Posted on 4/30/24 at 8:58 am to Pork Que
not the worst but one that doesn't get mentioned often is Paul Newman in The Long Hot Summer. Joanne Woodward's accent in that movie was pretty awful too.
Posted on 4/30/24 at 9:22 am to CarpeCyanide
It is a bit sad that when you need an actor or actress to nail a Southern or Texan accent and you can't find an actor from that region... you're better off casting someone from Britain or Australia than most of the US.
Posted on 4/30/24 at 9:25 am to CarpeCyanide
Hillary Clinton speaking at a black southern church.
Posted on 4/30/24 at 10:08 am to goatmilker
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Hillary Clinton speaking at a black southern church.
I DONT FEEL NO WAYS TIRED
Posted on 4/30/24 at 10:17 am to CarpeCyanide
quote:Anyone who says "Nawlins".
Best/Worst southern accents you've seen in TV or movies?
Posted on 4/30/24 at 10:42 am to CarpeCyanide
The Help was pretty bad.
Posted on 4/30/24 at 10:43 am to Northshore Aggie
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conversely, all of the accents in Friday Night Lights (movie) were pretty decent.
Billy Bob is from Hot Springs, AR and Lucas Black is from Decatur, AL.
Them boys didn't even need to act.
Posted on 4/30/24 at 11:26 am to CarpeCyanide
Charlize Theron in The Legend of Bagger Vance. It sounds like a bad imitation of Vivian Lee from Gone With the Wind.
Posted on 4/30/24 at 11:48 am to Arksulli
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It is a bit sad that when you need an actor or actress to nail a Southern or Texan accent and you can't find an actor from that region... you're better off casting someone from Britain or Australia than most of the US.
The Southern accent is closer to the Queen's English than any other.
Posted on 4/30/24 at 11:50 am to CatfishJohn
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Lucas Black is from Decatur, AL
He was born in Decatur, but grew up in Speake. The definition of rural Alabama.
Posted on 4/30/24 at 12:53 pm to LittleJerrySeinfield
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He was born in Decatur, but grew up in Speake. The definition of rural Alabama.
I follow him on instagram. Now he bass fishes and gets sponsored by lure companies
Real baw.
Posted on 4/30/24 at 1:45 pm to CarpeCyanide
That chic's accent in 1883 made me quit watching it.
Posted on 4/30/24 at 1:55 pm to blueboy
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Charlize Theron in The Legend of Bagger Vance
she is terrible in the the devil's advocate as well
Posted on 4/30/24 at 3:35 pm to CarpeCyanide
I'm not reading the whole thread just to say THE BIG EASY wins all the way around.
Posted on 4/30/24 at 4:43 pm to Buck_Rogers
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That chic's accent in 1883 made me quit watching it.
Ah cahn't sleep. Ah need thah stahs to dream.
Posted on 4/30/24 at 5:23 pm to Arksulli
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you're better off casting someone from Britain or Australia than most of the US.
because they probably research and study it with less of a preconceived notion than Americans.
Americans go in thinking they know what it sounds like.
Posted on 4/30/24 at 7:36 pm to LittleJerrySeinfield
quote:Liam Neeson in Next of Kin was pretty bad.
you're better off casting someone from Britain or Australia than most of the US
Posted on 4/30/24 at 7:48 pm to Dire Wolf
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Everyone's accent in JFK is horrible
Not an expert on accents but I don't know what was going on with that movie and the their strange mother tongue.
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